Northwestern University Library received an award in the 1997-98 round of
the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library competition to
support the digitization of all 2,228 of the photogravure images from
Edward S. Curtis 20 volume set along with individual plates in
portfolios. The set is held in the Northwestern University McCormick
Library of Special Collections; the project was coordinated by staff in
the library's Preservation Department, and descriptive records were
created by
staff in the Catalog Department. Scanning was outsourced to JJT Inc. of
Austin, Texas. Image files and descriptive records were delivered to the
Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress mounted the image files and converted the
descriptive records to a form for indexing with InQuery to allow full
integration into American Memory.

The web pages listed below provide more detail on different aspects of
building this digital collection.